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CONGRESSIONAL MUDDLE OF DISHONOR
As a Cornell undergrad, I dated a series of Jewish women.
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TO MARK OSHINSKIE, ON HIS 67th BIRTHDAY
Toward the end of Derek Jeter’s successful baseball career, the NY Times Magazine published a long article entitled “To Derek Jeter, on His 37th…
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VAX TIME RELIGION
When our firstborn, Kevin, was nine months old, he got a cold which led to an ear infection, for which the doctor prescribed amoxycillin.
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November 2024

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
As did my parents, some of my cousins grew up in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, a coal town that looks and feels like The Deer Hunter. Most streets are steep…
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LOST IN AMERICA
I recently returned from a solo trip to New England, where I visited my sister and her husband in Hampshire and my older brother and his wife in…
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THE COVID AND ELECTION REACTIONS AND A MENTAL ILLNESS PANDEMIC
Innumerable writers have already analyzed last week’s election.
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SPEAKING A SECOND LANGUAGE
America is undergoing a distinct demographic transition.
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October 2024

I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK
My wife, Ellen, is a lactation consultant.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CORONAMANIA CHEERLEADING
Many people hail Artificial Intelligence as a revolutionary technology.
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NEW WAVE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
I like freedom.
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BOTH SIDES NOW
My first law job was clerking for an appeals court judge.
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A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
I grew up twenty miles from the George Washington Bridge, which connects New York City to New Jersey.
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